Myths of World War I Debunked and the BBC's Debunking List Debunked in Turn

The BBC "Myth" article is mostly a crock. Good God, have they forgotten
so much over there? The "myths" that they are correct about are mostly
ones I've never heard anyone mention.

1. Bloodiest war in history to that point: They're right about this.
2. Most soldiers died - never heard anyone make this claim. BBC made it up so they could debunk it.
3.
Men lived in trenches for years on end - No, but they didn't spend
three days there either. Men lived in detestable conditions for weeks
on end.
4. The Upper Class Got off Lightly: Never, ever, heard
anyone make this claim either. Anyone with any knowledge of WWI knows
this isn't true. Again, they made it up so they would have something to
debunk.
5. Lions led by Donkeys: The source of the quote is in
dispute, but the truth of the claim is not. The British had terrible
generals throughout the war, especially at the top. Donkeys doesn't
mean they were cowards (they weren't), it means they were stupid and
stubborn (they were).
6. Gallipoli - yes, there were British soldiers
in the general area, but the ANZACs were the ones landed on the wrong
beaches and stuck in an untenable position.
7. Tactics remained
unchanged - yes, yes they did. This is not a myth, it's truth, at least
as far as the British were concerned. The Germans did learn new
tactics. The French didn't necessarily change tactics, but they changed
strategies. The British donkeys stubbornly stuck to the same failed
tactics year after year.
8. No one won - Of the six Great Powers
(Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France. UK, Ottomans) that started
the war, two (Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire) no longer existed at the
end, two more (Germany, Russia) saw their governments ended and replaced
by new forms, and the final two (France and the UK) lost so many men,
they were no longer World Powers at the end of the war. So, yes, it's
true that no one won.
9. Versailles - Was it harsh, or was it just stupid and misguided? At the time it was called the Peace to end all Peace.
10.
Everyone hated it - oh, so somebody who got a cush, rear-echelon job
where he could make time with the lonely ladies didn't mind it, eh?
Idiots.

While discussing who bears the responsibility for starting the conflict,
JMH goes on to add that

Germany started it if you blame the Schlieffen plan for leaving Germany
no other option for responding to Russian mobilization but invading
France.

Russia started it if you blame them for mobilizing
against Austria despite clear warnings from Germany that would mean war
with Germany.

France started it if you blame them for egging the
Russians on against Austria because their government wanted a war with
Germany before Germany got any stronger and while Russia was their ally.

Austria started it if you blame them for using the death of a noble they didn't even like as a pretext for subjugating Serbia.

Germany
started it if you blame them for supporting Austria's strong-arming of
Serbia out of fear that they couldn't lose Austria as an ally because
everyone else was allied against Germany.

Serbia started it if you blame them for shooting the Austrian Crown Prince as an act of pointless, idiotic terror.

Britain
started it if you blame them for not just effing declaring a side
before Germany gave Austria the green light. If they'd said they would
be on Frances side, Germany would have restrained Austria. If they'd
said they were going to sit it out, France would have refused to support
Russia. Instead they dithered, and let everyone believe what they
wanted.

Or, you can blame the Ottomans for the centuries of
mis-rule that created the ethnic and religious powderkeg in the Balkans
and the final decades of collapse that set everyone else scrambling for
the pickings.

Or, finally, I supposed if you are Barack Obama, you can blame George W. Bush. Or maybe a hard drive crash.